Quotes About Risk

Addiction is reliable; dealers rarely are.

If you've never failed…," said Orville. "…you've never tried anything new

On the topic of winning, and the lottery: You can't lose if you don't play, therefore not losing , is winning!

Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a young age by zealous parents, schools, and institutional authorities what constitutes failure and success. They are socialized to obey. They obsess over grades and seek to please professors, even if what professors teach is fatuous. The point is to get ahead, and getting ahead means deference to authority. Challenging authority is never a career advancer.

I suppose if you take enough slim chances, you are bound to create success out of one if you stick with it long enough. Either way, imagine what you might be able to learn in the process - about the work, and yes, of yourself too.

Without risk I have no fear, without any fear - what's the point, because I have no opportunity for success. (Gavin Kaysen)

Don't let the window of opportunity turn into a peephole

Some cold, hard facts: Cold is more dangerous than heat. Toothpicks are more dangerous than lightning. Pedestrians are more dangerous than fire. Beds are more dangerous than ladders. Snakes are more dangerous than terrorists. Flammable nightwear is more dangerous than a bee sting. Coconuts are more dangerous than sharks.7

To initiate something is to play the fool.

continually exposing myself to whatever situation occurs… Gambling as well as gamboling… To exist instead of being an existentialist, to make objects instead of being one

If you're prepared to do something anyway it doesn't matter if you're afraid.

The measure of their personal greatness is less what they found at journey's end and more the depth of human character that carried them along the way: their imagination, will, perseverance, courage, resourcefulness, and willingness to bear the risk of failure.

Life goes on," she says, like a dare.

This was far worse than that. It was like the moment after you realize someone has taken the pin out of a grenade. Like the quiet but deadly click of a landmine beneath a soldier's boot.

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.

and although he doubted they would try anything that drastic again,

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.

You don't trust people because they're a sure bet or even a good risk. You trust them because the risk that you'll lose them is worse than the risk that they'll hurt you.

Everything you desire is always just outside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn't you would already possess it, would you not?

The grass on the other side of the hill may well be greener, but you should always check that there isn't something with teeth and claws crouching in it.

If you think about it even medium-hard, launching a scared little dog into space with no intention of getting it back is a seriously fucked thing to do.

If you act your faith, you may look foolish for five minutes; but if you don't act your faith, you may be foolish forever.

Audiences see personalities on shows interacting with wild animals as if they were not dangerous or, at the other extreme, provoking them to give viewers an adrenaline rush. Mostly, the animals just want to be left alone, so it's not surprising that these entertainers are seriously hurt or even killed on rare occasions. On one level, it's that very possibility the shows are selling.

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.